{"id":2443476,"date":"2019-04-26T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=827716"},"modified":"2019-04-26T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T16:37:43","slug":"flashback-nsync-sing-this-i-promise-you-in-a-bubbly-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/flashback-nsync-sing-this-i-promise-you-in-a-bubbly-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: \u2018NSync Sing \u2018This I Promise You\u2019 in a Bubbly Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever since Ariana Grande nearly reunited \u2018NSync<\/a> at Coachella, rumors that the beloved boy band are on the verge of a Timberlake-free reunion have inundated the internet. \u201cThe world of pop needs this to happen,\u201d proclaimed<\/a> Nick Carter \u2014 a statement no one thought the Backstreet Boy would utter in 1999. \u201cHell, maybe one day we could even do an #NsyncBackstreetTour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Timberlake<\/a> wasn\u2019t present at the reunion because the event conflicted with his own tour. The same weekend Grande brought out the group to sing \u201cTearin\u2019 Up My Heart\u201d to a crowd of screaming fans in the desert, Timberlake was performing \u201cSexyBack\u201d at a pair of casino shows in Connecticut. The group has been almost completely inactive since the end of their 2001\u201302 Celebrity tour when Timberlake bolted for a solo career. For obvious reasons, they\u2019ve been hesitant to reform without him since he\u2019s their most charismatic and talented member, and many of their classic songs could not have been made without him. In honor of a possible reunion, let\u2019s revisit one of them: \u201cThis I Promise You.\u201d<\/p>\n

In what could easily be the most romantic L.L. Bean commercial ever, the group stands in a bubbly Redwood Forest decked out in turtlenecks (save for Joey Fatone<\/a>, who is rocking a red leather jacket). Timberlake takes the first verse, appearing seemingly out of nowhere amidst the lush vegetation. He\u2019s always been a man of the woods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the visions around you\/Bring tears to your eyes,\u201d he sings wistfully, bringing a finger to his cheek. \u201cAnd all that surrounds you\/Are secrets and lies.\u201d One by one, each member joins him as the amount of bubbles increases exponentially. Through them, we glimpse an array of intimate moments \u2014 a man getting his girlfriend\u2019s name tattooed on his arm, a woman on a bench noticing a stranger has drawn a photo of her, a couple snuggling in a cable car. Nineteen years later, chills still crawl up the spine as J.C. Chasez catches a bubble and seizes the mossy floor: \u201cI\u2019ve loved you forever\/And lifetimes before\/And I promise you never\/Will you hurt anymore.\u201d Are those tie-dye pants he\u2019s wearing? We hope so.<\/p>\n

The video ends as the group sits at an outdoor restaurant in San Francisco\u2019s Embarcadero, harmonizing on the chorus while Fatone adds ketchup to his french fries. A young girl blows more bubbles with her grandparents as Chris Kirkpatrick<\/a> sips a beverage. \u201cEvery word I say is true, this I promise you,\u201d Timberlake vows.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine a better video from the 2000s than this clip, directed by Dave Meyers. The No Strings Attached single would peak at Number Five and remain on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 for 26 weeks. A mere two months after the video\u2019s release in December 2000, Mad TV would released a spoof, titled \u201cThis We Promise You.\u201d<\/a> If \u2018NSync really does reunite, chances are they\u2019ll play this syrupy ballad.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since Ariana Grande nearly reunited \u2018NSync at Coachella, rumors that the beloved boy band are on the verge of a Timberlake-free reunion have inundated the internet. \u201cThe world of pop needs this to happen,\u201d proclaimed Nick Carter \u2014 a statement no one thought the Backstreet Boy would utter in 1999. \u201cHell, maybe one day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 02:40:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}